APACHE CORPORATION
Inspections and violations
What the Railroad Commission's field inspectors recorded at this operator's facilities. An inspection count tracks how much this operator runs in Texas; the rate beside it is what the inspectors found.
| Rule | What the Commission cited it for | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| SWR 3.8(d)(1) | Unpermitted Disposal of Oil and Gas Wastes | 405 |
| SWR 3.91(d)(1) | Remediation of Soil | 192 |
| SWR 3.46 | Compliance with Permit Conditions | 123 |
| SWR 3.3(2) | Well Sign | 120 |
| SWR 3.17(a) | Bradenhead Requirements | 90 |
The five commonest of 45 rules cited against this operator.
What the Commission did
- Notice of Violation 1,503
- Referred to Austin Field Ops for possible legal enforcement 4
From the Commission's inspection and violation files, covering Aug 1 2015 to Aug 7 2026. The two are separate files with no key between them, so the violations here are not a subset of the 1,547 inspections that found this operator out of compliance — they are counted from their own file. 76 of the violations were still uncorrected when the inspector returned.
Commission dockets
Cases the Railroad Commission opened naming this operator. Most dockets are applications — commonly for an exception to the statewide spacing rule — and a small number are compliance orders.
| Type | What the Commission's remarks call it | Dockets |
|---|---|---|
| A37 | Rule 37 spacing exception | 1,080 |
| R38 | Rule 38 well-density exception | 570 |
| 7A8 | Rule 37 or 38 exception | 204 |
| R10 | no published meaning for this code | 65 |
| R37 | Rule 37 docket | 47 |
The five commonest of 32 types this operator carries.
From the Commission's docket file published 2025-02-05. It is the only copy on the Commission's link, so nothing filed after that date appears here. The dates shown are the earliest and latest the record carries — 4 Sep 1984 to 19 Apr 2024. The file holds eight date fields per docket and the Commission publishes no key to which is which, so none is named here.
Leases
Every lease is a page of its own: the monthly volumes the state published, multiplied by the monthly price. Value is lifetime, from Jan 1993.
50 of 3,686 leases
| SRH NORTH7C/16968 | Oil lease | $731.6 M |
| LYNCH A HZ08/47468 | Oil lease | $666.4 M |
| TIPPETT, JUNE 1213 HZ UNIT08/49066 | Oil lease | $419.6 M |
| BOULTINGHOUSE-LYNCH 1114 A08/56684 | Oil lease | $385.2 M |
| CC7C/17037 | Oil lease | $363.8 M |
| KETCHUM MOUNTAIN EAST UNIT7C/14918 | Oil lease | $359.9 M |
| SILVER BULLET08/58459 | Oil lease | $333.3 M |
| YELLOW BELLY08/58952 | Oil lease | $290.5 M |
| SSH UNIT7C/18337 | Oil lease | $273.9 M |
| BALLENGER08/40247 | Oil lease | $255.0 M |
| HORTON UNIT08/55260 | Oil lease | $231.9 M |
| SCHROCK, W.M. 232608/49796 | Oil lease | $230.3 M |
| CASSELMAN4008/38873 | Oil lease | $225.6 M |
| UNIVERSITY7C/228 | Oil lease | $224.9 M |
| CASSELMAN 1608/38816 | Oil lease | $217.2 M |
| CASSELMAN408/38675 | Oil lease | $206.7 M |
| BENNIE 43427C/18019 | Oil lease | $204.2 M |
| CASSELMAN808/38807 | Oil lease | $202.8 M |
| CAMPBELL, SETH08/13866 | Oil lease | $193.9 M |
| CASSELMAN1008/38905 | Oil lease | $184.6 M |
| TIPPETT, JUNE PF RECORD7C/151316 | Gas well | $182.2 M |
| CLINCH 42387C/18016 | Oil lease | $179.4 M |
| SCOTT SUGG 55547C/18517 | Oil lease | $174.0 M |
| PONDEROSA UNIT08/47824 | Oil lease | $172.3 M |
| SCHROCK, W.M. 34 DEEP08/47427 | Oil lease | $168.0 M |
| RAG RUN NW08/50375 | Oil lease | $162.9 M |
| BLUE TOPAZ STATE UNIT 251-252W08/52769 | Oil lease | $158.5 M |
| SUGG 49487C/18150 | Oil lease | $158.4 M |
| LYNCH-JUNE T 4837 A08/54286 | Oil lease | $157.7 M |
| MASTERS UNIT08/47823 | Oil lease | $154.5 M |
| GIBSON UNIT 28-2108/51030 | Oil lease | $150.1 M |
| KHC '33-26'08/39289 | Oil lease | $148.0 M |
| SCOTT SUGG WEST UNIT7C/18614 | Oil lease | $143.1 M |
| WRIGHT UNIT 29-2008/49419 | Oil lease | $137.9 M |
| BLACK FLAG STATE UNIT 253-254W08/52541 | Oil lease | $136.1 M |
| TIPPETT, JUNE08/34447 | Oil lease | $134.0 M |
| RYDER UNIT08/46895 | Oil lease | $131.0 M |
| CROWHEART08/57002 | Oil lease | $130.3 M |
| RENDEZVOUS NORTH POOLED UNIT08/50227 | Oil lease | $130.0 M |
| WRIGHT-ADAMS UNIT 31-4208/47915 | Oil lease | $129.5 M |
| ALDWELL 05447C/20128 | Oil lease | $129.2 M |
| DUNKIN UNIT08/55236 | Oil lease | $127.9 M |
| KESEY UNIT 10-708/49815 | Oil lease | $126.4 M |
| CASSELMAN 3208/38385 | Oil lease | $125.0 M |
| ALDWELL 0611 E7C/20496 | Oil lease | $123.5 M |
| NIX 1608/41194 | Oil lease | $122.2 M |
| SCOTT SUGG 56577C/18531 | Oil lease | $121.0 M |
| WRIGHT UNIT 33-40 A08/50559 | Oil lease | $119.9 M |
| LUJAN STATE08/47395 | Oil lease | $119.3 M |
| SCOTT SUGG 27267C/18525 | Oil lease | $117.5 M |
Pipeline systems
The named networks APACHE CORPORATION operates. One physical pipeline is usually filed as hundreds of segments, so a system — not a segment — is the unit worth reading.
| System | Miles | Segments | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEADWOOD OIL GATHERING SYSTEM | 445 | 803 | 6 |
| PECOS SYSTEM | 7.5 | 2 | 1 |
| DIXIELAND SYSTEM | 3.6 | 1 | 1 |
| F.L. WOODLEY/E. MALLET FUEL GAS LINE | 3.5 | 6 | 1 |
| DIXIELAND SYSTEM | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| DIXIELAND SYSTEM | 1.2 | 1 | 1 |
| PECOS SYSTEM | 0.6 | 1 | 1 |
| PECOS SYSTEM | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| DIXIELAND SYSTEM | 0.4 | 1 | 1 |
| DIXIELAND SYSTEM | 0.4 | 1 | 1 |
| DEADWOOD OIL GATHERING SYSTEM | 0.4 | 11 | 1 |
| DIXIELAND SYSTEM | 0.3 | 1 | 1 |
| PECOS SYSTEM | 0.2 | 1 | 1 |